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Ladies and gentlemen, it's time for you to vote for your favorite internet memes of all time in a bracketed single elimination tournament called MEMEFIGHT! With the help of a group of celebrity panelists and the writers of KnowYourMeme.com, we've established the 32 best memes of all time, which will face off against each other over the next few weeks until we've reached the MEMEFIGHT champion.

Go to the MEMEFIGHT page and cast your vote, then come back and vote in subsequent rounds until the victor is crowned. Remember, there can be only one MEMEFIGHT champion, and we need you to help us determine who it is! We're counting on you!

SETI, the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence, may have recently been forced to shut down its Allen Telescope Array, but don't count the wily alien-hunters out yet. SETI is co-sponsoring a unique contest with Gamify that uses video games to help comb through the data they've collected.

SETI's now-shuttered telescopes have recorded a ton of radio signal data oiver the years, and while SETI has scanned the data looking for certain kinds of patterns that they think could indicate intelligence, there could still be evidence of outer-space transmissions in the data. Here's where games come in: SETI and Gamify would like to find a way to "gamify" the data search, to find a fun way for tons of people to go through the radio transmissions looking for evidence of outer-space intelligence.

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Tonight on Attack of the Show, Sara Underwood visits Chris Hardwick at Meltdown Comics in Los Angeles for a behind the scenes look at his Nerdist podcast and check out a screening of Black Dynamite. It's your chance to learn the inner workings of being a professional nerd! 

Kevin Pereira and Candace Bailey also bring an exclusive trailer for Rise of the Planet of the Apes starring James Franco and Freida Pinto, which opens in theaters on August 5th. Tune in at 7PM tonight for all the action!

Tonight's episode of Jump City: Seattle features the traceurs of Miami Freerunning and Team Rogue squaring off for a final battle on the rooftops of Seattle before the semi-finals begin. Who will move on, and who will go home? Watch tonight to find out.

Also, members of both teams will be on-hand to tweet live from Jump City: Seattle's Twitter feed tonight during the show (@g4jumpcity). Tweet using the #jumpcity hashtag and get your questions answered while you watch.

It all begins tonight @ 8PM ET! Don't miss it!

Depending on your browser, you may have noticed a small new graphic at the bottom of G4tv.com today - it's the beta for OneTrueFan - a new way to show your love for G4TV and find other people who are interested in the same games and stuff that you are. As with many things in life (especially on the internet), its a popularity contest. Earn points by visiting often, reading lots of articles, sharing links and driving traffic back to G4tv.com.  But fan-ship is fleeting and the points you earn disappear after 14 days, so make sure to come back and show your love regularly. We'll look to offer prizes for top fans in the future if you guys are into it.

When you register, you automatically show up in the bar on pages that you visit, with your recent shared articles showing up in your profile flyout. We hope this is a great way to discover new content by checking out the flyouts of people on the same page as you. What you share is all on you; the control is entirely up to you.

You can also earn custom patches on G4tv.com such as Newshound (for TheFeed), Attack of the Show-er and Around the Net, as well as Thanks for Sharing, Second Base (five pages in a single visit) and Commitment (30 days in a row at G4TV.com).  As time goes on, we'll release more custom patches, these will include game and event specific patches, and limited edition patches for things like E3 live streaming, and Comic-Con. You can view your patches at OneTrueFan.com, and in the future some of these will be available as real patches that OTF will send to you so you can have mom stitch them onto your boy scout uniform/jean jacket.

If you enjoy OneTrueFan, you can install the AddOn to your browser and see people on every site you visit.  If you don't like OneTrueFan, just click the "Hide OTF permanently" option in the settings flyout and you'll never see the bar again.

As always, let us know what you think and remember that you can simply click on "Hide OTF Permanently" in the option menu on the right side of the bar if you don't like it. OneTrueFan is still in beta and is constantly improving based upon user feedback.

Did you know that people who engage in parkour are called traceurs? See, you learn something new every day. Tonight, you'll have an opportunity to learn a whole lot more when the traceurs of Miami Freerunning and The Tribe will tweet along live from Jump City: Seattle's Twitter feed (@g4jumpcity) during the all-new episode of the show.

They'll be answering fan questions, providing play-by-play commentary, and giving insight to their unique sport, as both teams compete. So, don't miss tonight's all-new Jump City: Seattle, and make sure you tweet along during the show, starting at 8PM ET!

A legal fight may be building up in the video game world, but I'm not talking about EA and Activision sparring over Infinity Ward. Casual game maker Zynga is taking legal issue with other game companies using the "Ville" suffix with their facebook games.

Zynga has created six popular Facebook games -- CityVille, FarmVille, FishVille, FrontierVille, PetVille, and YoVille -- that have a few things in common. First, they seem carefully crafted to suck both your time and your money away incrementally, and two, they all end in "Ville." So Zynga seems to feel that other companies' "Ville" games are infringing on their trademark, or, as the kids might say, "cold bitin' they steez." (I apologize.)

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It's the holidays, and we're in a giving mood, so how would you like some free codes for downloads of Xbox Live Arcade games? Did I get your attention? Would a free Live game make your holiday a little jollier? We're giving out codes for A World of Keflings, Raskulls, and ilomilo, and you don't even have to thank us!

Starting today we'll be posting XBLA game codes at random on our Facebook page. From there it is up to you to enter the code before anyone else, and claim your gift. So don't sleep. We're giving games away for the next three days, right up until the 24th!

The giveaway is exclusive to our Facebook fans, so be sure to keep checking our updates for a chance to win! Below is the facebook box. Click it and go to town.

We're big fans of "shock jock" Howard Stern here at G4, and have been very worried that our morning commutes would be sucky for the foreseeable future if Stern truly left the airwaves at the end of his current contract. Good news: Stern has resigned with Sirius/XM for another five years, so our daily dose of comedy/outrageousness/deep interviews with celebrities is safe and secure.

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Reddit poster Contra3 is my new hero. According to him, his girlfriend cheated on him, and rather than crying, punching a hole in the wall, or experimenting with a latent furry fetish, Contra logged into Netflix. He used the service's movie rating service to populate the cheating woman's most-liked list with the following films about infidelity:

Wait, Bambi? What did this chick do, kill his mother?

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I love movies but hate DVDs. I think everything should be streaming, the second I want it, in 1080p high-def. Netflix is the greatest, and has just rolled out a plan for me: A streaming-only option that costs $7.99 a month.

There's always a catch, though. Netflix is also slightly jacking up the price of their other DVD plans. The single DVD at a time plan is going up from $8.99 to $9.99, and the three DVDs at a time plan will cost you $19.99 as oppose to the $16.99 you have been paying.

So everyone loses but people who strictly stream... if only more films and TV shows were available as streaming options on Netflix. I bat about .500 when it comes to finding specific movies and shows streaming on Netflix. How about you guys? Are you Netflix people?

Source: Engadget

I don't really count myself among the many who find clowns to be terrifying. Even after seeing Killer Clowns From Outer Space as a kid, they never really freaked me out that much. However, if I ever have kids, I won't let them within 10 miles of Extremo the Clown & his Never Never Van, as he might be the creepiest clown around. Good news though, you can get to know him a little better from a safe distance on FilmDrunk's podcast.

• This week on the FilmDrunk podcast, meet Extremo the Clown, the man with the scariest van on the planet. [FilmDrunk]

• Get in some quality GTL on Jersey Shore, the RPG. [CollegeHumor]

• Here are 6 reasons Weird Al is still relevant. [UnrealityMag]

• 25 photos of celebrities in high school sports photos. [Manofest]

There's something about a baby with a mustache that just isn't right. Taking something as cute as a baby and slapping on it something traditionally worn by cops, 70's porn stars and your dad is about as creepy as it gets. But since we like creepy around here, we've got a gallery of 20 babies with mustaches. On to the links!

• Check out a cool gallery of geeky car mods. [UnrealityMag]

• Enjoy 20 pictures of mustachioed babies. [Manofest]

• Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis set to the dramatic choral music of The Social Network trailer is as good as you think it would be. [FilmDrunk]

• See what happens when an anime guy goes on a date. [CollegeHumor]

Awesome web cartoon Zero Punctuation is taking time out from savaging video games with its bloody wit to implore you to join the Video Game Voters Network and keep our favorite hobby out of the hands of Washington fat-cats. It will only take a second to sign up, and it costs nothing.

Here's the Video Game Voters Link. and here's the amusing video:

As you enjoy your weekend and take a break from the hot sun, the beach, the outdoors or just a little gaming time, feel free to find the time to check out a few highly enjoyable links from around the interwebs.

• Oh how times have changed. Enjoy 20 mind blowing vintage cigarette ads. Remember, blow it in her face and she'll follow you anywhere. [SuperTremendous]

• Watch Gary Busey be both the worst and best Fantasy Football lawyer. It's predictably insane. [FilmDrunk]

• Here's a list of the top 10 epic fails in horror movies. Anything they missed? [Heavy]

• CollegeHumor is making fun of Ska in their latest video, which is fine, it needs to be made fun of. It's also completely relevant because if you're in college right now, you were probably between 4 and 8 years old the last time Ska was popular. [CollegeHumor]

• 10 of the most widely believed video game urban legends, including finding Sasquatch in GTA: San Andreas. [UnrealityMag]